2025 Footlights award

Sponsored by The Footlights Theatre in Falmouth, ME, these artists and shows are invited to discuss remounting their PF25 performances at this intimate venue just north of Portland.

Eyes Out (Sam Atwood)
The Kidnapping of Andrew Wakefield, an Interrupted Fairytale (Hal J. Cohen)
The Treasure of Dixie Bull (Eric Darrow Worthley)

2025 Artist’s Choice Award

ARTIST’S CHOICE AWARD is based on audience attendance by fellow PF25 artists.
(The results of the 2025 award produced a tie, so the award goes to multiple artists this year.)

Cracks (Claire Lochmueller)
Jeff Probst, I Am Receiving Your Coded Messages (Out There Theatre Company)

2025 Patron’s Choice Awards

PATRON’S CHOICE AWARDS are based on overall audience attendance.

2025 Critics Choice Awards

The awards in all of the categories in this section were nominated/recommended by members of the 2025 PortFringe Review Team – independent community journalists assigned to provide press and constructive feedback for this year’s festival Artists.

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And Then There Were (N-One) (Fool’s Errand)
A Tincture of Time (Amelia Garretson-Persans)
Between the Underworld and Sky (Megan Tripaldi)
Felt That (Rowan Joyce)
Grumbo’s Big Night (A Third Big Thing)
I Like You – Two Tales of Love Gone Terribly Wrong (Bad Dog Productions)
Jeff Probst, I Am Receiving Your Coded Messages (Out There Theatre Company)
Some Assembly Re-Choired (Chimera Theatre Collective)
The Duchess Carpathia Bouffray: In a Pool of My Own (SIC)
The Kidnapping of Andrew Wakefield, an Interrupted Fairytale (Hal J. Cohen)
The Lady of Shalott (Chainmail Circus)

Achievement in Performance

(a)political (Bobby Wesley)
0z: A Family-Friendly Parody Magic Show (Jordan Rooks)
Clara Stanton Wants to Fuck Jesus (Emily Andrews)
Cracks (Claire Lochmueller)
Eyes Out (Sam Atwood)
Felt That (Rowan Joyce)
Grumbo’s Big Night (A Third Big Thing)
Jeff Probst, I Am Receiving Your Coded Messages (Out There Theatre Company)
Mind Reader (Steven Nicholas)
More Like Loveable Winner x I’m Turning Into My Dad (Trent Dozier + Daniel Karambelas)
Sixty (Mark Magee)
The Duchess Carpathia Bouffray: In a Pool of My Own (SIC)
The Greatest Betrayal (Vague Idea Productions)
The Kidnapping of Andrew Wakefield, an Interrupted Fairytale (Hal J. Cohen)
The Treasure of Dixie Bull (Eric Darrow Worthley)
Tymisha Harris, a Cabaret of Legends (Dynamite Lunchbox Entertainment)

Achievement in Writing

Between the Underworld and Sky (Megan Tripaldi)
Clara Stanton Wants to Fuck Jesus (Emily Andrews)
Cracks (Claire Lochmueller)
Eyes Out (Sam Atwood)
Felt That (Rowan Joyce)
Grumbo’s Big Night (A Third Big Thing)
Jeff Probst, I Am Receiving Your Coded Messages (Out There Theatre Company)
The Duchess Carpathia Bouffray: In a Pool of My Own (SIC)
The Fool (Jonny Bolduc)
The Greatest Betrayal (Vague Idea Productions)
Tymisha Harris, a Cabaret of Legends (Dynamite Lunchbox Entertainment)

Special Commendations

“MVFA (Most Valuable Fringe Artist)”
Sixty (Mark Magee)

“Master of Audience Engagement”
Mind Reader (Steven Nicholas)

Spectacular Techtacular

The SPECTACULAR TECHTACULAR awards recognize achievements in technical and/or design elements of a production.

0z: A Family-Friendly Parody Magic Show (Jordan Rooks)
Jeff Probst, I Am Receiving Your Coded Messages (Out There Theatre Company)
The Fool (Jonny Bolduc)
The Lady of Shalott (Chainmail Circus)